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we will be cutting back on government spending, and we will be taxing more. that is bearish for the economy at the margin. david: all right. let's hope they do come to some kind of resolution. good to see you, gentlemen. liz: that was a great discussion, guys, thank you. david: well, the debt battle is waging on in d.c. even with most of the house out of town right now. they're gone until next tuesday. we're going to be heading to d.c. for the very latest. liz: choice hotels, known for comfort inns and quality inns is expanding their brand right here in america. why now? we'll ask ceo and president steve joyce about that and moving up the dividend payout to before the end of the year. david: but, first, on fox business the ceo of tmx group, this is the parent of the toronto stock exchange. you've heard about how the banks in the canada avoided a lot of the subprime mess that our banks got into it. well, the banks getting involved directly in the stock market. tom is going to tell us how and whether or not there are some hidden problems for the banking communi
we will be cutting back on government spending, and we will be taxing more. that is bearish for the economy at the margin. david: all right. let's hope they do come to some kind of resolution. good to see you, gentlemen. liz: that was a great discussion, guys, thank you. david: well, the debt battle is waging on in d.c. even with most of the house out of town right now. they're gone until next tuesday. we're going to be heading to d.c. for the very latest. liz: choice hotels, known for comfort...
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this administration sees private charities as a competitor to what the government, the federal government provides in charitable services. they also are doing that with education, by the way, any profit sector in education, is a competitor to what the government does. is there any truth to that, do you think? >> i mean the decision to give a charitable gift is driven by helping the community directly. when it goes through government, i mean we see every day the inefficiency of that, that the charity's mission starts to drift towards what the government wants rather than what the community wants, rather than the mission of the organization. david: private charity is more efficient? stuart: more basic point, when the government does so called charitable work, it is essentially distributing money, it is buying votes. liz: that's right. stuart: when a private charity does good, there's no vote buying. it is an efficient delivery of service. am i crazy? >> added to that is that many of these charities do rely upon local state and federal money for some of their programs. they are already getti
this administration sees private charities as a competitor to what the government, the federal government provides in charitable services. they also are doing that with education, by the way, any profit sector in education, is a competitor to what the government does. is there any truth to that, do you think? >> i mean the decision to give a charitable gift is driven by helping the community directly. when it goes through government, i mean we see every day the inefficiency of that, that...
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it funds eight and a half days of government. where's the other 355-days you have to fund? it's a panacea. one thing that's gets people lathered up, we got to get serious and talk about tree balancing our budget. this is not going to do it by what the president says that he wants to do. tracy: not just a deal, but a good one, not just kicking it down the road. thank you for sharing your thoughts. >> you're very welcome. thank you for having me. dennis: auto sales surge, why car dealers tip their hats with sandy, but fear the fiscal cliff. tracy: thiid time the charm for hefner? god love him. getting marrieded gain to a woman 60 years younger. come on, give him a high five for that. dennis: better living through chemicals. the perfect place where he should hold his wedding. getting into the marriage biz. tracy: looking at oil, phil flynn is live at the cme next with the reasons why oil went up, basically, flat now, $18.18 a barrel. we'll be right back. want to try to crack it? yeah, that's the way to do it! now we ne a little bit more... [ male announc ] at humana, we unders
it funds eight and a half days of government. where's the other 355-days you have to fund? it's a panacea. one thing that's gets people lathered up, we got to get serious and talk about tree balancing our budget. this is not going to do it by what the president says that he wants to do. tracy: not just a deal, but a good one, not just kicking it down the road. thank you for sharing your thoughts. >> you're very welcome. thank you for having me. dennis: auto sales surge, why car dealers...
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it may be beautiful but why california's government is getting an f. your "west coast minute" coming up. dennis: a cool new app that could help you take care of the christmas pictures you're about to take. cheryl: i look at the winners on the nasdaq. little upgrade over there. we will be right back. dennis: breaking news, take a look but don't blink, these are the pictures of mitt romney arriving at the white house moments ago. but he is about to have an awkward meeting with president obama. no press coverage at all, the president says he wants romney's input on the fiscal cliff. some think he might propose a republican compromise of sorts. we shall see. cheryl: it is time for your "west coast minute." an update to a story we brought you last week. the union walkout shut down most of los angeles and long beach ports yesterday. they handle 40% of the nations import trade. they handle the paperwork for the incoming and outgoing vessels, and job workers refused to cross picket lines in a sign of solidarity. if a deal in fiscal cliff is not reached, one in
it may be beautiful but why california's government is getting an f. your "west coast minute" coming up. dennis: a cool new app that could help you take care of the christmas pictures you're about to take. cheryl: i look at the winners on the nasdaq. little upgrade over there. we will be right back. dennis: breaking news, take a look but don't blink, these are the pictures of mitt romney arriving at the white house moments ago. but he is about to have an awkward meeting with president...
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gm had criticism because a lot of sales are driven by government purchases. we as taxpayers own a significant share of gm that is little questionable. >> gm premium brands saw most growth, buick, cadillac and gmc. chevrolet was kind of flat. last year at this time they had heavy incentives they didn't meet this time around so sales were down. pickup trucks were down. they have new vehicles are coming next year. they're clearing out new current models. they hurt on pickup salls. premium brands are hurting as well. premium and luxury brands are doing well. lori: where is at toe industry related to historic highs? >> this is ahead of expectations this year. definitely really good and it is growing. whether or not the fiscal cliff happens we'll see if things change. for right now consumers don't seem to be concerned. lori: i was trying to avoid the topic. always talking about the fiscal cliff. i will say good-bye. no fiscal cliff. thank you, gary. pressure. melissa: the problem with online shopping used to be you had to wait in order to get what you ordered but n
gm had criticism because a lot of sales are driven by government purchases. we as taxpayers own a significant share of gm that is little questionable. >> gm premium brands saw most growth, buick, cadillac and gmc. chevrolet was kind of flat. last year at this time they had heavy incentives they didn't meet this time around so sales were down. pickup trucks were down. they have new vehicles are coming next year. they're clearing out new current models. they hurt on pickup salls. premium...
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big parts of that was government spending at the federal side. also you had inventories go up. what you didn't have is -- we marked down consumer spending and business spending was negative. i want to do 3%, 3.5%, 4% with strong consumer spending and strong business spending. those will be a sustainable path for the economy. >> can't let you go without a little fed speak. mr. dudley, new york fed chief, speaking this morning. >> some important comments. hurricane sandy was directly in his district so he made some comments about it. he said that the damage was worse than first anticipated. that's something we've been talking a lot about. original number was $50 billion. it's in the $70 billion to $90 billion range. it is probably going to shave a quarter to half a point off gdp. you talked about the fiscal cliff which he says congress and the president must address. he says because we're at the zero balance, interest rates were zero, the effect of the fiscal cliff is getting much worse than if the fed were not at zero. >> because they could do something. >> the only positive thi
big parts of that was government spending at the federal side. also you had inventories go up. what you didn't have is -- we marked down consumer spending and business spending was negative. i want to do 3%, 3.5%, 4% with strong consumer spending and strong business spending. those will be a sustainable path for the economy. >> can't let you go without a little fed speak. mr. dudley, new york fed chief, speaking this morning. >> some important comments. hurricane sandy was directly...
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we can bring this government under control through spending reductions. certainly, if taxes are raised, they should be done in a way that's most beneficial or least damaging to the viability of our economy. >> yeah. i got to tell you, after listening to that interview, i feel pretty confident that we're going over the cliff. are we going to go over the cliff, senator? >> we should not go over the cliff. we should have been working on this all year, not waiting until the last minute. the reason we're not making progress, let me tell you -- and i've been consistent on this. they're bringing these numbers up in secret. if they were laid out in public so the american people knew just how much taxes they were increasing, just how little spending reductions -- or how much increases in spending. as a political mover, very effective at being able to hide the net impact of his plan and ride this general good feeling of his election. it's not a healthy situation politically. we've got to do the right thing for the country. >> all right, senator. i was really struck
we can bring this government under control through spending reductions. certainly, if taxes are raised, they should be done in a way that's most beneficial or least damaging to the viability of our economy. >> yeah. i got to tell you, after listening to that interview, i feel pretty confident that we're going over the cliff. are we going to go over the cliff, senator? >> we should not go over the cliff. we should have been working on this all year, not waiting until the last minute....
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the federal government plans to restore the area to wilderness. environmentalists complained the farm stood in the way of the restoration. the farms owners waged a 7-year battle to convince the feds to extend their lease. 30 employees will soon lose their jobs. >> it's a cultural tradition ending abruptly, to be given one day to cease operations. this is beyond imaginable. >> salazar gave the farm 90 days to remove its property from the site, including a million oysters now in the farms tidal channel. the owners are now reviewing their options. >>> here's an odd story. sneezing is to blame. our nbc chopper over the scene today in san leandro. a sneezing fit caused a major accident that damaged nearly a dozen cars at this used car lot. a driver tells the chp he lost control of a three axle truck this morning while driving on east 14th street. he said he was sneezing and lost control. his truck jumped the curb, tore down a fence and plowed into several cars and trucks at the united auto center. no one was hurt thankfully and the driver was not cited
the federal government plans to restore the area to wilderness. environmentalists complained the farm stood in the way of the restoration. the farms owners waged a 7-year battle to convince the feds to extend their lease. 30 employees will soon lose their jobs. >> it's a cultural tradition ending abruptly, to be given one day to cease operations. this is beyond imaginable. >> salazar gave the farm 90 days to remove its property from the site, including a million oysters now in the...
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four years ago when obama took office, he established a system where citizens can petition the government and if a petition gets more than 25,000 signatures, he promised he would respond to it. so, after obama won last week, citizens in all 50 states filed petitions to secede from the union. the guy they supported didn't win, so, now they want their own separate countries, i guess. which is silly, but whatever. the state with the longest petition is texas, texas has more than 100,000 signatures, which exceeds the minimum of 25,000. so, today, the obama administration, as promised, responded to this. >> hey. how you doing? i'm anthony caprise, president obama's special envoy for talking to the people from seceding from the [ bleep ] union. president obama got your little petition. he read it, he mulled it over and here's his response. nobody -- nobody is seceding from no union. nobody! you got it, texas? good. now, go eat some [ bleep ] barbecue or whatever the [ bleep ] it is that you do. he's barack obama, and he approved this [ bleep ] message. [ applause ] >> jimmy: he's got that, i gu
four years ago when obama took office, he established a system where citizens can petition the government and if a petition gets more than 25,000 signatures, he promised he would respond to it. so, after obama won last week, citizens in all 50 states filed petitions to secede from the union. the guy they supported didn't win, so, now they want their own separate countries, i guess. which is silly, but whatever. the state with the longest petition is texas, texas has more than 100,000...
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government contractors. it holds the most leases in the gulf of mexico. that's where its deepwater horizon well exploded back in 2010, killing 11 people. bp recently agreed to pay $4 billion in fines and penalties for that disaster. >>> well, let's turn our attention now back to the weather. right now it's actually pretty beautiful for much of the bay area, but it's going to happen again. the bay area bracing for the next round of wet weather, with the first storm now passed, we made it through. >> so far so good. the bay area spent the morning monitoring conditions in the east and north bays. our jodi hernandez is live in court t corte madera where people are drying out. >> reporter: they are. we're here in corte madera where there is a big pile of sand where folks can come by and pick up sandbags if they choose to do so. while the series of storms is expected to pack a huge punch, we found folks taking it all in stride. crews in the north bay are busy clearing storm drains and sweeping streets after round one of the season's first big storm swept throug
government contractors. it holds the most leases in the gulf of mexico. that's where its deepwater horizon well exploded back in 2010, killing 11 people. bp recently agreed to pay $4 billion in fines and penalties for that disaster. >>> well, let's turn our attention now back to the weather. right now it's actually pretty beautiful for much of the bay area, but it's going to happen again. the bay area bracing for the next round of wet weather, with the first storm now passed, we made...
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a new gallup poll shows 62% want government leaders to compromise on the fiscal cliff. just 25% said they should stick to their principles. so why is it that this congress and this white house can't seem to get together and compromise on a deal? it certainly isn't the first time republicans and democrats haven't seen eye-to-eye on an important issue but the players in this debate seem to be almost allergic to budging even a little bit. republican senator john mccain says it hasn't always been that way and it's time for both sides to sit down together. >> it's time now to sit across the table from one another rather than me saying what i could accept and wouldn't accept, why don't we have the president and our leaders, republican and democrat, sit across the table the way they did with bill clinton, the way they did with ronald reagan, and the way you get things done in washington, rather than saying hey, would you stick with grover norquist or would you not or would you address entitlements or not. i believe it's vital that we address the entitlements, who are the eleph
a new gallup poll shows 62% want government leaders to compromise on the fiscal cliff. just 25% said they should stick to their principles. so why is it that this congress and this white house can't seem to get together and compromise on a deal? it certainly isn't the first time republicans and democrats haven't seen eye-to-eye on an important issue but the players in this debate seem to be almost allergic to budging even a little bit. republican senator john mccain says it hasn't always been...
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>> it's a horrible thing as far as local governments go. big problems. >> the governors association met with the vice president today in washington. i'm sure that was on the table. that's not going to happen. they don't want to burden localities with this fiscal cliff thing. >> you're absolutely right. that would be a huge issue. i don't think that would be the case. the other thing you have to think about as far as these dividend paying stocks, so long as interest rates are likely to remain this low, and i don't think that's going to change for at least the next year or so, you're going to continue to have that bid for areas where you can receive income. that means areas like high-dividend paying stocks, utilities, telecoms. so although valuation is there, maybe getting a little stretched, you have to ask yourself what's that catalyst to cause that change. >> what would you avoid? jeff is talking about things he would steer clear of. >> i think you want to look for lower beta strategies. i would probably stay away from cyclicals. what thif
>> it's a horrible thing as far as local governments go. big problems. >> the governors association met with the vice president today in washington. i'm sure that was on the table. that's not going to happen. they don't want to burden localities with this fiscal cliff thing. >> you're absolutely right. that would be a huge issue. i don't think that would be the case. the other thing you have to think about as far as these dividend paying stocks, so long as interest rates are...
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that's all we expect of our government, is honesty. so that we can, as the people being served, so we can judge the decisions being made. and jay carney, just so obstinate and arrogant really, in his replies and in his exarchals with the media over this. if i were a member of the media, being talked to and scolded as jay carney does to them, i would be quite offended and it would make me want to be an even better reporter and better investigator of what the facts truly are with this libya tragedy. >> the dirty little secret in washington, on both sides of the aisle, you will lose access -- you have to -- you have to use good judgment. i am not saying that you sell your soul on the administration -- >> so what? so what if you lose access to obama? you know why people-- the american people don't care if a reporter is not going to have access to the obama administration because what's coming back as a result of having that privileged, powerful access is this lack of transparency. it's more confusion. it's more uncertainty and it's lies! s
that's all we expect of our government, is honesty. so that we can, as the people being served, so we can judge the decisions being made. and jay carney, just so obstinate and arrogant really, in his replies and in his exarchals with the media over this. if i were a member of the media, being talked to and scolded as jay carney does to them, i would be quite offended and it would make me want to be an even better reporter and better investigator of what the facts truly are with this libya...
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they spent the day trying to chase anti-government protestors away from the gate. opponents are demonstrating against the decree morsey issued, giving himself, nearly unrestricted powers. >>> we are learning more about the actions taken by a member of the u.s. coast guard, moments before his death, near the u.s.-mexico border. the coast guard says chief petty officer, terrell horn, fired several gunshots from an inflate believe boat to avoid getting shot. sadly, he died from head trauma after being struck by a propeller. officials say horn was trying to stop suspected drug smugglers. >>> it has been nearly one year since the death of maddox turk osh, the boy who fell into the painted dog exhibit at the pittsburgh zoo. we sat down to talk with the father about the accident and how they are coping with the accident. >> maddox a tendency to run sideways and look sideways, always checking himself outside, you know? and mady was always laughing. and his laugh always came from his stomach. >> reporter: most of us never met 2-year-old maddox duringosh. but ever since nove
they spent the day trying to chase anti-government protestors away from the gate. opponents are demonstrating against the decree morsey issued, giving himself, nearly unrestricted powers. >>> we are learning more about the actions taken by a member of the u.s. coast guard, moments before his death, near the u.s.-mexico border. the coast guard says chief petty officer, terrell horn, fired several gunshots from an inflate believe boat to avoid getting shot. sadly, he died from head...
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what exactly is a clear government purpose? according to hd palmer of the department of finance, it is defined by state law in broad terms as, quote, assets such as roads, school buildings, parks, police, fire stations, libraries, and local agency administrative buildings. omitted in that list. no mention of convention centers or theme parks. >> you cannot justify this. some thing are right and some are wrong and this is wrong. >> reporter: what some city leaders told me, they moved their assets specificly to strengthen their legal position. leaders like him knew the state was coming after their money and they made a power play. that does not change the fact that california can conceivably take taxpayer funneleded land away from a city like santa clara or many others under the guise of redevelopment, making the claim true and the local government's potentially very deep. nbc news. >> it is a powerful issue. >>> california is in the game. just one day after a record high powerball jackpot, the state lottery commission decided to
what exactly is a clear government purpose? according to hd palmer of the department of finance, it is defined by state law in broad terms as, quote, assets such as roads, school buildings, parks, police, fire stations, libraries, and local agency administrative buildings. omitted in that list. no mention of convention centers or theme parks. >> you cannot justify this. some thing are right and some are wrong and this is wrong. >> reporter: what some city leaders told me, they moved...
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no representatives from either the newspaper size or the government. let's take a listen to david cameron. >> the issue of principle is for the first time we would right elements of press regulation into the law of the land. we should be weary of any legislation that has to potential to infringe free speech and free press. >> now they love david cameron because he's taking a stand against tighter regulation. >> not all of them do. some of the serious press are fairly supportive of the findings and they say even the backed regulation is pretty reasonable. it allows victims to get a redress without having to go to a liable lawyer. >> what's your take? do you think stricter regulation is needed? >> i think you have to worry about infringement on freedom ch when you get any regulation. that makes me feel uncomfortable. i think this legislation looks at the old guard. it's very restricted to the press. i'm not sure how effective it will be as we go forward in the internet world. maybe it's false of the past and we're hopefully going to see a very different
no representatives from either the newspaper size or the government. let's take a listen to david cameron. >> the issue of principle is for the first time we would right elements of press regulation into the law of the land. we should be weary of any legislation that has to potential to infringe free speech and free press. >> now they love david cameron because he's taking a stand against tighter regulation. >> not all of them do. some of the serious press are fairly...
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the government, our government. apparently planned for this eventuality and distributed in syria 2,000 communications kits to the opposition. those kits include apparently computers and phones and cameras, quote, designed to be independent from and able to circumvent the syrian domestic network, precisely for the reason of keeping them safe from regime interruption. the u.s. state department expressing confidence today that those 2,000 kits from our government to the people of syria will be enough to keep the opposition movement going and to keep people in syria in contact with people outside of that country. now, from the other side's perspective, syria's information minister says it was not the syrian government that shut down the internet. he said terrorists did it. that said, the same guy, information manager, said the airport in damascus was still open for business today. if you want to check his veracity, the airport in damascus was not open for business today. really, it's closed. see inside that circle? no p
the government, our government. apparently planned for this eventuality and distributed in syria 2,000 communications kits to the opposition. those kits include apparently computers and phones and cameras, quote, designed to be independent from and able to circumvent the syrian domestic network, precisely for the reason of keeping them safe from regime interruption. the u.s. state department expressing confidence today that those 2,000 kits from our government to the people of syria will be...
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. >> government officials in india will pave the family's $2,500 to the families of those that died and 600 of the $2,500 will pay for the injured. it killed 112 people and it is linked to american companies, gap, wal-mart, disney parks are. three workers. some of those workers have been a ruste arrested.... accused of blocking the building and not allowing them to escape the fire. we will be back. music's, ready ! share the harmony... she'll be here soon ! she'll love this ! share a sweeter welcome... hey, hola, cómo estás ? hello, hey everyone. es un pla-cer co-no-cer-te. encantada. share everything. this holiday get verizon's share everything plan. unlimited talk, text and shareable data... ... across your family's devices, all in one plan. get a droid razr m by motorola for $49.99. here are the 4 stations remote which will close... fire station number 4 on hawthorne drive in walnut()* *reveal/vicki * )á fire station number 11 on center avenue in clayton. fire station number 12 on shell avenue in martinez... and fire station number 16 on los arabis avenue in lafayette. the closure
. >> government officials in india will pave the family's $2,500 to the families of those that died and 600 of the $2,500 will pay for the injured. it killed 112 people and it is linked to american companies, gap, wal-mart, disney parks are. three workers. some of those workers have been a ruste arrested.... accused of blocking the building and not allowing them to escape the fire. we will be back. music's, ready ! share the harmony... she'll be here soon ! she'll love this ! share a...
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however, i think that if the greek government proceeds with the necessary deep reforms and for example, dispensing with red tape and introducing the red carpet treatment for both local and foreign investors, via competitive tax system which is going to be voted in later on this month and the privatization scheme i think they will be on the right track. >> you're here for the ceremonial function of ringing the closing bell later today but you're really here to drum up investments in greece. why today, given all of the uncertainties, given the fact that the greek economy is floundering a bit, why would i choose to invest there now? >> tyler, think that the level of fragility as far as the greek economy is concerned is strengthened over the last few weeks and the fact that it seems certain now that we're going to remain within the eurozone, within the european union, it begins to alleviate any fears foreign investors would have as far as investing in greece. the major fear up to now is would they be investing in euros and collecting their profits in greek drachmas. you talk about no longe
however, i think that if the greek government proceeds with the necessary deep reforms and for example, dispensing with red tape and introducing the red carpet treatment for both local and foreign investors, via competitive tax system which is going to be voted in later on this month and the privatization scheme i think they will be on the right track. >> you're here for the ceremonial function of ringing the closing bell later today but you're really here to drum up investments in...
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the stakes are about what are the norms that govern democratic governance. i think the history of democratic governance is that rules are important but norms are even more important. when those norms degrade you begin to get degradation of the democratic process. i think we are viewing a kind of degradation of the norms, right? this kind of disintegration in the way the body operates, and i think that there's a way to address that. >> majority compulsion will change the senate forever. >> and by that you mean if they do the thing in which 51 senators are -- change the rules, you're saying that precedent will change it forever? >> first of all, technically it only takes a majority to change the rules. >> that's important. can you resay that? can you say that again? >> a vote on an amendment to change the rules is a simple majority. the issue is ending debate on that question and there you do get into the filibuster. >> right. >> and unlimited debate. the very nature of the senate as it's operated for two centuries is premised on the fact that debate is unlimi
the stakes are about what are the norms that govern democratic governance. i think the history of democratic governance is that rules are important but norms are even more important. when those norms degrade you begin to get degradation of the democratic process. i think we are viewing a kind of degradation of the norms, right? this kind of disintegration in the way the body operates, and i think that there's a way to address that. >> majority compulsion will change the senate forever....
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the government and opposition are blaming each other for the shutdown. whatever the truth, syria's regime is battling these men for its very survival. president assad's helicopters are being shot down. and even a mig jet was filmed tumbling from the sky. this rebel boasting that he's downed both a helicopter and a mig within 24 hours. these surface to air missiles have been looted from captured military bases. what do we first with it a voice can be heard asking. not everybody knows how this newfound firepower works. yet this islamist brigade near damascus now has one. while near aleppo an entirm air defense system seems to have fallen to the so-called daoud battalion which is affiliated however loosely with al qaeda. "these are assad's missiles," say the cameraman and "we have taken them." london and washington may have refused to arm these rebels. but armed they are like never before. >> suarez: and margaret warner takes the story from there. >> warner: for more on today's developments and what they mean for syria's president bashar al assad, i'm joine
the government and opposition are blaming each other for the shutdown. whatever the truth, syria's regime is battling these men for its very survival. president assad's helicopters are being shot down. and even a mig jet was filmed tumbling from the sky. this rebel boasting that he's downed both a helicopter and a mig within 24 hours. these surface to air missiles have been looted from captured military bases. what do we first with it a voice can be heard asking. not everybody knows how this...
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it's the same government. they've chosen to raise revenues with a flat tax rather than an income tax. >> so would you support a bumper sticker that says "blame your governor, not your president"? >> i'm not here to run campaigns. i'm just here to put out the information. people who are concerned about it ought to be thinking about the state and local level. a lot of the trend is happening there. >> it was a thought-provoking article. thank you very much for joining us. >>> on the issue of those proposed tax hikes, one freshman republican is taking a big back pedal on signing grover norquist's tax pledge. see, when representative chris gibson took over in 2010 as a candidate t his new york congressional district was the 20th. he signed it. but now through redistricting, he represents the 19th district instead. he's saying his signature on that doesn't hold water because he changed districts. turns out grover norquist is not buying that. a line in the pledge states, it's made to the american people to avoid that
it's the same government. they've chosen to raise revenues with a flat tax rather than an income tax. >> so would you support a bumper sticker that says "blame your governor, not your president"? >> i'm not here to run campaigns. i'm just here to put out the information. people who are concerned about it ought to be thinking about the state and local level. a lot of the trend is happening there. >> it was a thought-provoking article. thank you very much for joining...
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>> meyer: they're submitting bills to the government for the admission of patients. the patients didn't meet the appropriate prescribed criteria for admission and for the hospitals to bill medicare for the admissions. it's... it's a... a false billing, if you will. >> kroft: if you'd been at the fbi and somebody came in and handed you all of this stuff, would you have pursued a criminal investigation? >> meyer: yes. no doubt about it. >> kroft: meyer says he told the same thing to corporate officials and wrote up his findings in three memos to top management. >> meyer: i made sure that i spoke with the c.e.o. face to face about this, that something is really, really wrong, and it's got to be addressed. i had indicated that "if it's not addressed by you all, then i'll have to handle it getting addressed by the government." >> kroft: what was their response? >> meyer: had another job change. >> kroft: meyer says hma's corporate attorneys heavily edited his reports and instructed him to destroy the original version of his memos, but he never did. >> meyer: i felt it was
>> meyer: they're submitting bills to the government for the admission of patients. the patients didn't meet the appropriate prescribed criteria for admission and for the hospitals to bill medicare for the admissions. it's... it's a... a false billing, if you will. >> kroft: if you'd been at the fbi and somebody came in and handed you all of this stuff, would you have pursued a criminal investigation? >> meyer: yes. no doubt about it. >> kroft: meyer says he told the...
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we want to work with the government to bring them all out from the prison, and they deserve a better future. this work is the only thing for me and with your support we can keep going. thank you. [ applause ] >>> coming up, olympic gold medalist, cullen jones, and we will announce the cnn hero of the year. what is that? it's you! it's me? alright emma, i know it's not your favorite but it's time for your medicine, okay? you ready? one, two, three. [ both ] ♪ emma, emma bo-bemma ♪ banana-fana-fo-femma ♪ fee-fi-fo-femma ♪ em-ma very good sweety, how do you feel? good. yeah? you did a really good job, okay? [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson & johnson. >>> i was five years old when my parents came to take me to a water park. i was really excited. but unfortunately i never had swim lessons. but my dad had to get on the biggest ride there and me looking up to him i wanted to follow suit. i pushed off. when i got to the bottom of the ride unfortunately i flipped upside down. my mom tells the story best, she heard her only child screaming and having a
we want to work with the government to bring them all out from the prison, and they deserve a better future. this work is the only thing for me and with your support we can keep going. thank you. [ applause ] >>> coming up, olympic gold medalist, cullen jones, and we will announce the cnn hero of the year. what is that? it's you! it's me? alright emma, i know it's not your favorite but it's time for your medicine, okay? you ready? one, two, three. [ both ] ♪ emma, emma bo-bemma ♪...
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by every statistic, our government and the dutch government, americans smoke more pot than the dutch, and the dutch have the most liberal laws on pot in all of europe. >> reporter: seattle's city attorney peter holmes also pushed for the new law. >> all we've done is achieve by prohibition is fill our jails and make drug dealers quite rich. >> reporter: he says legal marijuana even with high taxes will be cheaper than illegal marijuana. >> want to put the drug dealers out of business? >> absolutely. >> reporter: now that marijuana is legal here in washington, the state is going to start collecting taxes on it. the state hopes to raise some $500 million al year. but there is one catch. marijuana remains illegal under federal law. for cbs "this morning," john blackstone, seattle. >>> times are changing. >> what the justice department is going to do because it's still a federal crime. now marijuana is legal for recreational use in washington and colorado state. >> it will be interesting to see how many other states now put it on for a vote. >> exactly. >>> time to show you some of this m
by every statistic, our government and the dutch government, americans smoke more pot than the dutch, and the dutch have the most liberal laws on pot in all of europe. >> reporter: seattle's city attorney peter holmes also pushed for the new law. >> all we've done is achieve by prohibition is fill our jails and make drug dealers quite rich. >> reporter: he says legal marijuana even with high taxes will be cheaper than illegal marijuana. >> want to put the drug dealers...
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it's still illegal in the federal government's eyes. they had a celebration in front of the space needle. miguel marquez is joining us with an update on how that went last night. >> reporter: good morning. it went very well from their perspective, even though it was cold out and started to rain. didn't dampen their spirits very much. it was one of many, many parties across the state as they say the first revolutionary step was taken. ♪ >> reporter: anything less than an ounce no longer illegal in washington state. >> it's amazing. i'm not a criminal anymore. i can't go to jail for small amounts of marijuana. i'm free to be free. >> reporter: several dozen hard core smokers showed up here at the base of the space needle, symbol of the city and of the state to light up at the stroke of midnight. and while the new law does not allow smoking in public places, seattle police and police departments across the state are turning a blind eye tonight, allowing celebrations to light up. this is what you assume the stores will look like, or somet
it's still illegal in the federal government's eyes. they had a celebration in front of the space needle. miguel marquez is joining us with an update on how that went last night. >> reporter: good morning. it went very well from their perspective, even though it was cold out and started to rain. didn't dampen their spirits very much. it was one of many, many parties across the state as they say the first revolutionary step was taken. ♪ >> reporter: anything less than an ounce no...
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you start at government spending. you don't immediately start spending another 50 billion in stimulus. >> that's going to be the question that boehner has to deal with. the president will have to deal with the far wings of his party. boehner started doing it. did you see they removed two tea party members from the budget committee? >> i don't want to raise taxes to fund 25% of gdp. >> and actually, the american taxpayers are being told to pay their fair share. they want to see real entitlement reform as well. but you have to deal with the issue on the table. i mean, the spending right now is a percentage of gdp is 24%. it's projected to go substantially higher. do you know that medicare and medicaid didn't exist 50 years ago and they're now a quarter of the federal budget? >> i know. it was supposed to be supplemental. david walker was on the other day talking about obama care which is supposed to save us a trillion dollars and the actual cost, what it added the our entitlement is 12 trillion. just that we did in the
you start at government spending. you don't immediately start spending another 50 billion in stimulus. >> that's going to be the question that boehner has to deal with. the president will have to deal with the far wings of his party. boehner started doing it. did you see they removed two tea party members from the budget committee? >> i don't want to raise taxes to fund 25% of gdp. >> and actually, the american taxpayers are being told to pay their fair share. they want to see...
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not the federal government. the federal government, the last word they have is the defense of marriage act. and what makes this so significant is that the supreme court has not really engaged with the issue of -- of gay rights since 2003. nine years. that's a long time. the country has changed dramatically in those nine years. there is a new gallup poll out that says 53% of americans support same sex marriage. our cnn exit poll said 49% of people support same sex marriage. in the '90s, that number was in the 20s. the country is changing very quickly. that doesn't necessarily mean the supreme court will follow along. look for a lot of attention between now and when the case is argued, probably in march, on anthony kennedy because he has been the swing vote in all of the gay rights cases and he is the author of the two most important gay rights decisions of the supreme court. and even though kennedy is usually with the conservatives, he has always been with the liberals on gay rights. so he will be very much the f
not the federal government. the federal government, the last word they have is the defense of marriage act. and what makes this so significant is that the supreme court has not really engaged with the issue of -- of gay rights since 2003. nine years. that's a long time. the country has changed dramatically in those nine years. there is a new gallup poll out that says 53% of americans support same sex marriage. our cnn exit poll said 49% of people support same sex marriage. in the '90s, that...
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>> reporter: the russian foreign minister says that the outside russian government -- syrian government assures them that they are rumors. russia wants to be part of what comes next. if clinton can get russia to support at the u.n. security council, they could have sanctions that would cut seary off from any outside support. >> where does the violence stand? >> reporter: charlie we're told that rebels surround the city of damascus which has been an as assad stronghold. bashar al assad is increasingly threatened and could use chemical weapons to hold on to power. she told cbs news that the russians are refusing to give assad asylum. cbs has also learned that the u.s. tends to recognize syrian opposition as the representatives of the syrian people next week. that could start to pave the way for them to create a new government. >> very interesting. margaret brennan, thank you for that. >>> in washington this morning, there are just 26 days left before the fiscal cliff deadline. president obama spoke on the phone with house speaker john boehner on wednesday while his treasury secretary said
>> reporter: the russian foreign minister says that the outside russian government -- syrian government assures them that they are rumors. russia wants to be part of what comes next. if clinton can get russia to support at the u.n. security council, they could have sanctions that would cut seary off from any outside support. >> where does the violence stand? >> reporter: charlie we're told that rebels surround the city of damascus which has been an as assad stronghold. bashar...
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government now can stop this kind of job growth. a fiscal cliff go over -- >> snatching victory from the jaws. >> a superstorm. nothing can stop the generation of jobs in this economy. >> there's a great article today in one of the papers about how apartment building, we have a shortage of apartments and shortage of housing and shortage of autos and shortage of office buildings developing, shortage of shopping centers, shortage of shopping malls. this is what begins a movement. you have to hire eventually. now you could say people are not looking for work, come on. look, jobs are here. they can -- it can be just easily reversed if you have no idea what is the future because of washington. >> given the data points that we've had in terms of claims numbers that did reflect an impact from sandy, they said 85,000 jobs or 86,000 jobs were sliced because of impact of sandy. average hours worked unchanged. doesn't that -- i don't know -- doesn't that bring into question a little bit the participation in the survey. how can it have no impac
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the government isn't the solution here. >> the government is not the solution. >> correct. >> well, they are part of the problem. before a private sector solution, it seems like we have to get over this problem in the near term. it's a huge amount of money just being sucked right out of the economy on january 1st. >> i don't disagree with that at all. >> at this point, it's a one in in two chance, one in five chance, what's the chance we go over? >> roeprobably one in two, one s three. there will be some sort of resolution. getting down to the last minute kind of mentality, but certainly i think there will be a solution. i think next year you'll be in a low growth environment again and really if you look at the economy, we're probably going back to the '90 style economy where you had 3%, 3.5% was really good growth. 2% growth which we're experiencing right now is pretty good. full employment might be 5.5, 6% like the old days. and i think with that being said, we've got to to get a little bit closer to those numbers to really have the economy start to take off. and i don't think we're th
the government isn't the solution here. >> the government is not the solution. >> correct. >> well, they are part of the problem. before a private sector solution, it seems like we have to get over this problem in the near term. it's a huge amount of money just being sucked right out of the economy on january 1st. >> i don't disagree with that at all. >> at this point, it's a one in in two chance, one in five chance, what's the chance we go over? >>...
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how the government is cracking down. today national investigative correspondent jeff rossen is here with more. >> good morning. a lot of people out there holiday shopping. and we are talking about millions of dangerous toys here that are headed right to the stores you may shop in. authorities were able to intercept them before they reached the shelves, but at least one product is still on the market today that officials say could send your child to the hospital. this morning, what you can look for in your home right now to protect your kids. the mad rush to grab the season's hottest toys, but authorities say it's not all child's play. from tricycles -- >> these little fairies cause lacerations -- >> to infant rattles. >> this will go down the throat. >> even these action figures with dangerous levels of lead. authorities recalled dozens of toys this year. and blocked millions more from even getting to stores. >> we see it in the reports, we don't let them in the country. >> reporter: out this morning with alarming new nu
how the government is cracking down. today national investigative correspondent jeff rossen is here with more. >> good morning. a lot of people out there holiday shopping. and we are talking about millions of dangerous toys here that are headed right to the stores you may shop in. authorities were able to intercept them before they reached the shelves, but at least one product is still on the market today that officials say could send your child to the hospital. this morning, what you can...